Mike Allen at The Politico describes the special Newsweek double edition due out on Monday:PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA IS ON THE COVER OF NEWSWEEK (!) — Release: “In the December 29, 2008-January 5, 2009 double issue of Newsweek (on newsstands Monday, December 22), ‘The New Global Elite,’ correspondents from around the world compile the first ever list of the world’s 50 most powerful people and explore their importance in the world today.”Newsweek Editor Jon Meacham writes in his editor’s note: “Power in the early days of the Age of Obama is being shaped by three forces: a resurgence of American credibility, the global recession and what my colleague Fareed Zakaria calls ‘the rise of the rest’–the emergence of countries such as India, China and Brazil.